Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Quebec / Québec
Data quality
Mother tongue (269) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 1 8,066,555 372,450 4,032,635 3,586,405 75,060
Single responses 7,881,650 359,620 3,991,975 3,455,765 74,290
Official languages 6,820,815 185,265 3,717,735 2,916,310 1,515
English 601,155 183,150 3,965 413,575 460
French 6,219,665 2,105 3,713,775 2,502,735 1,045
Non-official languages 1,060,835 174,355 274,240 539,460 72,775
Aboriginal languages 45,570 19,890 13,785 8,190 3,710
Algonquian languages 33,135 12,575 13,340 5,475 1,745
Blackfoot 5 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 31,430 11,975 12,845 4,885 1,725
Atikamekw 6,150 5 5,390 305 450
Montagnais (Innu) 8,710 100 7,390 845 380
Moose Cree 5 0 0 5 0
Naskapi 590 405 10 130 40
Northern East Cree 135 80 0 50 5
Plains Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 35 20 0 15 0
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 5 0
Woods Cree 10 5 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15,790 11,355 50 3,535 850
Eastern Algonquian languages 480 365 10 115 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 480 360 5 115 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 1,210 235 485 470 25
Algonquin 1,185 225 480 460 20
Ojibway 25 5 10 5 0
Oji-Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Athabaskan languages 15 5 0 10 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 15 0 5 5 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 5 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 10 0 5 5 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 10 0 5 5 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 11,970 6,970 400 2,650 1,955
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 11,890 6,930 390 2,625 1,950
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 75 40 10 20 5
Iroquoian languages 375 315 15 45 5
Cayuga 0 5 0 0 0
Mohawk 365 310 15 40 5
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 5 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 5 0
Comox 0 5 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Siouan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 65 25 25 10 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,015,260 154,470 260,450 531,270 69,070
Afro-Asiatic languages 197,535 14,485 72,975 99,890 10,185
Berber languages 20,840 80 12,530 7,665 560
Kabyle 12,465 45 7,765 4,290 365
Berber languages, n.i.e. 8,375 35 4,765 3,380 195
Cushitic languages 1,125 110 340 600 80
Bilen 10 5 0 5 0
Oromo 10 10 0 5 0
Somali 1,070 90 325 580 75
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 30 5 10 5 0
Semitic languages 175,210 14,260 59,965 91,455 9,525
Amharic 745 265 25 435 20
Arabic 169,885 12,550 59,770 88,245 9,315
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 150 35 20 75 25
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 20 0 5 5 5
Harari 5 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 3,885 1,225 105 2,440 110
Maltese 25 10 0 10 0
Tigrigna 385 135 20 205 25
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 110 25 15 45 30
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 355 40 135 165 20
Austro-Asiatic languages 36,310 3,840 9,485 18,405 4,580
Khmer (Cambodian) 8,855 605 3,035 4,005 1,210
Vietnamese 27,425 3,240 6,435 14,390 3,365
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 25 5 10 10 5
Austronesian languages 21,635 14,420 690 6,305 215
Bikol 115 75 0 35 0
Cebuano 885 595 5 280 5
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 410 290 5 115 5
Ilocano 2,060 1,675 0 355 30
Malagasy 1,250 0 580 655 15
Malay 705 295 20 375 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 200 160 0 40 0
Pangasinan 95 80 0 15 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15,545 11,055 30 4,320 140
Waray-Waray 50 35 0 20 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 320 160 50 100 5
Creole languages 56,985 265 34,960 20,080 1,685
Haitian Creole 2,220 5 1,305 845 65
Creole, n.o.s. 53,785 195 33,560 18,410 1,615
Creole languages, n.i.e. 985 65 95 825 0
Dravidian languages 14,865 7,410 440 5,655 1,355
Kannada 240 180 0 55 5
Malayalam 440 305 10 115 10
Tamil 13,595 6,495 435 5,345 1,315
Telugu 570 425 0 135 20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 10 0
Hmong-Mien languages 25 10 5 10 0
Indo-European languages 553,040 78,445 114,000 326,035 34,555
Albanian 2,795 280 845 1,430 235
Armenian 16,430 2,020 1,170 11,890 1,360
Balto-Slavic languages 68,160 12,520 12,400 39,885 3,350
Baltic languages 850 275 15 545 15
Latvian 295 105 5 175 5
Lithuanian 555 170 10 370 5
Slavic languages 67,305 12,245 12,385 39,335 3,340
Belarusan 80 15 15 50 0
Bosnian 1,620 95 765 670 90
Bulgarian 6,985 580 1,440 4,725 235
Croatian 2,335 570 275 1,435 55
Czech 1,465 395 115 940 15
Macedonian 205 30 20 145 5
Polish 13,935 3,240 1,405 8,895 390
Russian 28,565 4,990 6,165 15,310 2,095
Serbian 3,135 465 660 1,870 140
Serbo-Croatian 1,805 130 595 1,005 75
Slovak 1,040 285 80 660 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 755 330 15 405 5
Ukrainian 5,205 1,060 795 3,135 215
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 175 45 30 95 5
Celtic languages 155 35 35 80 5
Scottish Gaelic 25 5 5 10 0
Welsh 40 15 5 20 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 95 10 30 50 0
Germanic languages 27,540 9,165 1,175 15,420 1,780
Afrikaans 120 70 5 50 0
Danish 395 165 5 225 5
Dutch 2,825 590 115 2,110 15
Frisian 10 5 0 5 0
German 13,675 3,650 885 9,030 105
Icelandic 60 25 0 35 0
Norwegian 195 75 5 120 0
Swedish 555 180 15 350 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 540 20 95 425 0
Yiddish 8,985 4,380 20 2,930 1,655
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 170 5 30 140 0
Greek 38,640 11,655 515 23,080 3,395
Indo-Iranian languages 76,040 29,570 5,745 33,070 7,655
Indo-Aryan languages 45,840 21,940 1,570 17,640 4,700
Bengali 11,000 5,200 305 4,640 845
Gujarati 6,070 2,940 140 2,270 720
Hindi 3,025 1,875 30 1,005 110
Kashmiri 20 15 0 5 0
Konkani 110 60 20 30 0
Marathi 255 175 0 80 0
Nepali 1,505 145 470 435 455
Oriya (Odia) 35 25 0 10 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 12,380 6,225 230 4,215 1,715
Sindhi 325 110 20 195 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 645 380 5 255 10
Urdu 10,470 4,790 350 4,505 830
Iranian languages 29,760 7,520 4,095 15,250 2,895
Kurdish 980 180 295 365 140
Pashto 1,285 425 120 525 215
Persian (Farsi) 27,490 6,910 3,680 14,365 2,535
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 435 115 80 180 60
Italic (Romance) languages 323,290 13,205 92,115 201,185 16,780
Catalan 315 30 60 225 5
Italian 104,600 4,205 15,730 79,370 5,295
Portuguese 36,770 1,995 10,640 22,300 1,840
Romanian 35,840 950 9,165 24,385 1,340
Spanish 145,635 6,025 56,485 74,825 8,300
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 125 5 30 85 5
Japanese 2,525 1,015 185 1,220 110
Kartvelian languages 175 50 20 95 5
Georgian 170 50 20 95 10
Korean 5,160 2,380 200 2,060 515
Mongolic languages 190 50 35 90 15
Mongolian 190 50 35 90 15
Niger-Congo languages 28,355 1,405 14,080 12,065 805
Akan (Twi) 1,050 505 20 510 10
Bamanankan 1,195 10 710 470 15
Edo 75 40 5 30 5
Ewe 730 25 360 340 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 2,050 0 1,165 840 45
Ga 80 45 0 40 0
Ganda 35 20 0 10 0
Igbo 120 80 0 45 5
Lingala 2,465 10 1,640 810 15
Rundi (Kirundi) 3,340 20 1,565 1,585 180
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 2,495 60 850 1,530 55
Shona 80 45 0 40 0
Swahili 3,005 165 1,580 1,105 155
Wolof 3,235 15 1,595 1,540 75
Yoruba 260 100 45 105 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 8,130 265 4,545 3,080 240
Nilo-Saharan languages 340 15 185 120 20
Dinka 5 0 0 5 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 335 15 185 115 20
Sign languages 1,330 55 540 185 550
American Sign Language 65 25 5 15 20
Quebec Sign Language 670 5 375 120 175
Sign languages, n.i.e 600 20 170 55 350
Sino-Tibetan languages 76,840 26,765 7,835 29,165 13,070
Chinese languages 76,490 26,660 7,790 29,045 13,000
Cantonese 24,380 6,605 2,020 10,070 5,680
Hakka 470 90 50 210 115
Mandarin 43,700 17,540 4,575 15,780 5,800
Min Dong 20 5 0 10 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,225 555 575 1,455 635
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,070 400 80 355 240
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,540 1,420 480 1,130 500
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 90 35 5 30 15
Tibeto-Burman languages 345 105 40 125 70
Burmese 80 40 5 30 10
Karenic languages 70 5 20 5 45
Tibetan 110 30 5 60 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 85 35 15 30 10
Tai-Kadai languages 4,895 395 1,675 2,455 370
Lao 4,115 135 1,580 2,080 325
Thai 765 260 100 370 40
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 0 0 5 5
Turkic languages 7,980 1,410 2,390 3,380 800
Azerbaijani 290 70 25 170 20
Turkish 7,155 1,235 2,245 2,935 740
Uyghur 205 45 40 95 25
Uzbek 145 20 30 90 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 185 35 50 90 15
Uralic languages 6,395 1,995 465 3,750 190
Estonian 200 85 0 110 0
Finnish 365 145 10 205 5
Hungarian 5,835 1,765 455 3,440 180
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 685 55 285 295 45
Multiple responses 184,910 12,830 40,665 130,640 775
English and French 72,395 1,120 3,910 67,290 70
English and non-official language 27,485 11,085 280 15,945 170
French and non-official language 67,075 245 35,650 30,760 420
English, French and non-official language 17,950 375 820 16,640 110

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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Data quality note(s) – Quebec / Québec

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.7%.
  • Short-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016054.

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